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I had a similar issue on my 99. It was the four spoke steering wheel. It is pretty common that the airbag mount gets worn out. I had to replace the mount because mine would either not work or honk the horn when I hit a bump in the road. If you have the four spoke, it might be this same mounting bracket. It was fairly easy to replace. -
I know it sucks to read through an entire thread and then it ends abruptly with no conclusion. Long story short, after almost 3 years, I gave up. To all those that told me it was a very bad idea to buy a flooded 911, you were correct. I sold it to CogsCogs Porsche graveyard that is close by. Joe is a great guy with a lot of used Porsche parts, and a Porsche transmission expert. He pulled the drivetrain, and the car is currently on eBay. My 2004 C2 arrived this past Wednesday, it’s an awesome car. Really nice condition with 80K miles on it.
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I purchased a PIWIS 3 from the Autonumen website. I used it on the non-running 99 C2. When I put a thumb drive in it and copied some log files off of it, the thumb drive was littered with multiple viruses. As a test, I formatted the thumb drive, put it back in the PIWIS and copied a single file. Again, when I put it in my PC, it had 5-6 different viruses on it. I have a 04 C2 now, but I’m afraid to even connect the PIWIS to the car.
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No value for VIN:
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Basic values, ECU Part#, ECU S/N, Unknown Revision maybe, driver side igniter S/N, Pass side igniter S/N. (The igniters are not original either, automatically found)
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Can anyone say with certainty that the Airbag module can or can't be used in a car other than the one it was locked to? I've seen post saying no it's VIN locked and others saying they used one with no problem. I know this can shut the fuel pump down in a wreck, so I'm wondering if it might have my fuel pump shut down because it is not the original one for my car. I will say from what I've seen, it doesn't appear to be a VIN lock, I think it's locked to the model. I looked at all coded values with the PIWIS in engineering mode and didn't see VIN in there. Just for giggles I told it to lock it and it flashed Model 996 right before it said it was already locked. Those two things lead me to believe the lock is on the model not VIN. Also, it is error free, and it automatically found my two new igniters in the door sills. This guy:
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Thanks, same to you. Hopefully now that you have two harnesses you can make one good one. Try to use the minimum amount of solder, I'm told the CAN bus is extremely sensitive to changes in resistance.
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The X2's were a big ball of green, this is after cleaning up enough to finally get them apart. Before I replace the entire harness I'm going to replace all of the connectors that I had deemed good enough. After discussing how sensitive the CAN bus is with the Indy techs I've decided my good enough was no where near good enough. I repaired broken wires and pins then soaked them in a mild Hydrofluoric acid solution. This did a great job of removing all corrosion but also removed the tin plating. So now the copper is corroding quickly.
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Okay, I apologize for the snippy comment, as you can imagine I've had tons of "you're wasting your time" comments so I'm a bit hypersensitive but do appreciate a sincere "Good Luck". I also appreciate your time to assist me so far. I'm under no delusions that this should have been an easy project, I knew going in it was a massive and crazy endeavor. At the end of the day it's a machine, determine what all is wrong with it and it will run. This is also a huge crash course on the 996, when I'm done I will be intimately familiar with the car. The main reason I sold my last one was due to how expensive it was to have anything done to the car and I wasn't comfortable working on it myself. Thanks again and sorry for being a smart @ss.
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In the first post I included the service values report from the PIWIS and also a link to another thread that covers a lot of what has been done. It's not like I came home with it and said "let's see if it runs". I Immediately gutted it and started looking for and repairing damage. All modules are found by the PIWIS and the report shows what was found. The reason I didn't mention that it was flooded is because responses like "it's a paper weight", and "good luck" aren't helpful and a cop out for people who can't handle a serious challenge. Here's the paper weight BTW, are you sure it was bad?...
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DME is good, immobilizer replaced & coded. PIWIS can talk to both & test / activate the components that it lets you activate. Same with the cluster. It actually seems very close to being happy, I’ll keep working on the harness and see what happens. Quite the challenge but I have time to play with.
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If you can get to this bar from the back you might be able to pop the headlight out by pulling it back to release the headlight, or may have to push it forward, not sure you turn it with the tool, which moves the bar forward or backward depending on which way you turn the tool.
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You're talking about the front trunk correct? Passenger side should be correct (left hand drive), you might be able to work your way through the rubber that directs air to the radiators. It's really not easy to get to, maybe if you remove the front underbody cover you could find it. You probably could find it with the headlight out but that will be fun since the headlight release is in the trunk, same with the bumper cover, trunk needs to be open to remove it...
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I took it to a prominent Indy in Atl a few days ago, they couldn’t get it going. Their analysis was the wiring harness is too far gone and must be replaced. The CAN bus is very sensitive to resistance and this harnesses was flooded in saltwater for several days or even weeks possibly. I’m going to try to do a more thorough repair on the harness or replace it.
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It's on the same page as ABS, I don't see VI/GN going to ABS, maybe ASR in only on C4? Thanks for helping out.
